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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
4
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph notes weekly publication of news sheets credited to the paper and provided by Carrie Pagette. Advance rates offered by mail are $10 per year for the Wet Virginie area, with advertising through The Kate Agency.
Congress has passed two major measures on tax relief and fair labor practices. The president could sign or veto soon, with public sentiment largely in favor of both acts. The articles discuss immigration and alien admission limits as well as avoiding communist influence.
The article explains the global displaced persons crisis after the war, noting immigration law barriers and varied potential solutions. It details that only a quarter are Jewish, with three quarters Catholics and others, and discusses using unfilled wartime quotas to admit displaced people into the United States. It cites 1945 admission figures: 38,119 admitted versus a 153,879 quota, suggesting 115,760 could be admitted in 1945 under a new plan.
The courts fail to halt the Chesapeake and Ohio and New York Central merger affecting the Virginian railroad and coal shipping. Local leaders fear reduced coal tonnage and hindered industrial growth, while reformers pledge continued regional development. Russia bans capital punishment and US aid to the UN sparks debate. Farm price forecasts show a 15 to 20 percent fall this fall.
A Richmond Times Dispatch editorial urges designating a day for the mother in law. It extols grandmothers and mothers in law for duties from childcare to moral support and questions why they are lampooned.
Children fill the classroom as lessons begin in a sunlit country schoolhouse at four corners. A crow caws and a squirrel flirts while students study with heads bent, then burst outside at noon for play.
In a pivotal move the coal operators balked at wage boosts, denying John L. Lewis a negotiated rise and forcing Truman to face a possible Taft Hartley veto. O Neill and Moses blocked profit from the talks while Lewis misread outside backers. The episode reshapes labor politics as Elliott Roosevelt drafts a new book on confidential letters.
A garbled news snippet notes Senator Soaper and Harold Stassen in a discussion about the vice presidency and a possible run for Congress. The passage then shifts to a British pension campaign and a remark about pressed earth houses lasting a century or more.
The West Virginia hotel finished an $8000 entrance upgrade and patrons hope the improvement program continues. Local figures including P. J. Ashworth insist on lease clauses banning alcohol sales on premises. Bluefield residents Lewie Reiland and Marlin Kellerman discover they hail from Shamokin Pa. George and Elizabeth Bowen buy Whitethorn Street home. Catherine Walker returns from Yale to pursue Baptist missionary work. Cpl. George L. Egbert Jr. writes from Tokyo of meeting Mrs Douglas MacArthur and guarding diamonds returned to Bank of Japan. The Dutch Oven on South Bland changes hands to Red Wilson Cole Baking employee plans to make it the best pastry shop in the area. Phyllis Bird and Doris Carter, Bluefield Supply stenographers, walk home daily balancing weight loss with ice cream. Fifteen to twenty local Legion members are mentioned.
Curbstone notes report a June 14 wrecks event by the 40 and 8 society at Glenwood Park with invitation only initiation led by Mayor Harry West. Sharon Parker performs at Lake Placid New York while Tiny Thompson amuses with a lending pen trick. A limestone cement plant northeast of the city costing about 70 thousand dollars should finish in about thirty days, owned by the same firm that handled the street project.
Hal Boyle reports a surge of wealthy amateurs drilling over 600 wells across Oklahoma in a wildcat spree. Investors from war trades, breweries, gambling, and film join veteran operators, spending from 5 thousand to 1 million dollars per well while hoping for big profits amid high risk.
The piece notes Oklahoma holds 44.4 million acres with about 37 million potential and 800 000 to 900 000 proven. From 1897 to 1942 some 160 516 wells were dug, 52 500 producing in 1942, and dry-holes rose from 280 in 1934 36 to 700 by 1938 40. It cites a Caddo county hole at 17 711 feet with only rock and water and forecasts 20 000 feet at a cost of a million dollars.
Sheilah Graham reports Warner bosses negotiating with Ann Sheridan as Steve Hannagan arrives for talks. Ann seeks freedom for other projects while Warners demand a new long term deal. Hedy Lamarr dates George Kaufman and denies plans, while Charlie Chaplin’s director task for Susan Peters stalls. Maria Montez pushes for freelance work as legal wrangling looms.
Film activities span London and Hollywood with Roy Rogers delaying a move for his Old Spanish Train project and a New York circus debut set for June 15. Edmund Goulding works on songs while Marian Anderson and Gladys Swarthout recruit singers. Joan Blondell and Mike Todd romance unsettled. Virginia Field and Howard Grode adjust Europe plans. Maureen O Hara eyes remarriage on a tenth anniversary.
Westbrook Pegler argues that a so called American Trade Union Council for labor Palestine is a metropolitan faction using honorary figures for prestige. He claims AFL CIO leaders lack authority to speak for American labor and condemns union meddling in foreign political issues as a weapon against working citizens.
Daily Telegraph notes reminiscences and travels from several decades ago. Entries include Dr C A Easley returning from New York and Mrs E M Easley from Richmond and Jamestown, plus visits by R Winisky and Miss Ann Chilton Walker, with other brief references to wartime events and local travel.
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